The ultrastructure of the spermatozoon of Octopus tankahkeei

Journal of Shellfish Research

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1203-1207

  Zhu, Jun Quan ^a   Yang, Wan Xi ^b   You, Zhong Jie ^a   Jiao, Hai Feng ^a  

^a NINGBO UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Octopus tankahkeei; Phylogeny; Spermatozoon; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE METHOD; CEPHALOPOD; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SPERM;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

CEPHALOPODA; OCTOPODA; OCTOPODIDAE; OCTOPUS;

EID: 33746932826     PISSN: 07308000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2983/0730-8000(2005)24[1203:TUOTSO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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